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The project idea based on xrectsel. Its Python variant with some enhancements.
pip install python-xrectsel
❯ xrectsel --help Usage: xrectsel [OPTIONS] Options: -f, --format TEXT Format output string with fallowing options: %x - start x-coordinate %y - start y-coordinate %X - start %Y - end %w - width %h - height Note: default output is in "%wx%h+%x+%y" format. -ci, --cursor-icon [crosshair|cross|pencil|dotbox] Select cursor icon -cf, --cursor-foreground <INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER>... Select cursor foreground color -cb, --cursor-background <INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER>... Select cursor background color -h, --help Show this message and exit.
- We can collect selected region geometry just by command
xrectsel. Default format is%wx%h+%x+%y
$ xrectsel $ # select rectangle on sreen 901x634+44+7 #(x-coordinate, y-coordinate, width, height)
- We can format output geometry string
$ xrectsel -f "--x=%x --y=%y --width=%w --height=%h"
--x=264 --y=387 --width=1204 --height=519